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In 2025, Harvard University developed a chemical coating for insecticide-treated bed nets that blocks malaria parasites inside mosquitoes instead of killing the insects. It produced a breakthrough that could fight malaria without increasing insecticide resistance

Scientists have discovered novel compounds that prevent the transmission of malaria parasites in mosquitoes. These innovative chemicals can be applied to bed nets without causing insecticide resistance. When infected mosquitoes come into contact with the treated netting, the parasites are eliminated. This advancement represents a promising new approach to tackling…

The Economic Times · Aug 10

Astronomers find interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hiding in images taken before its official discovery

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was almost called 3I/Rubin, after researchers found that the giant survey telescope coincidentally spotted this visitor from the stars over a week before it was officially discovered.

Space · May 16

NASA's Juno spacecraft spots the largest volcanic eruption ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."

Space · Jan 29

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Uranus may have more in common with Earth than we thought, 40-year-old Voyager 2 probe data shows

The findings provide an answer to a planetary mystery that has bewildered scientists for nearly four decades.

Space · Dec 10, 2025

This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake's methane surprises scientists

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world.

Space · Sep 28, 2025

Ready for the next 'Oumuamua? Launching flyby missions to visiting interstellar comets is 'feasible and affordable,' study says

Conducting a flyby mission to an interstellar object visiting our solar system is "feasible and affordable," a new study finds. But orbiting such an interloper is a different story.

Space · Sep 9, 2025

Scientists find tiny new moon around Uranus with the James Webb Space Telescope (photos, video)

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.

Space · Aug 19, 2025

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The ocean on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has the right pH for life — barely

"We know that some microbes on Earth can tolerate the range of pH found on Enceladus."

Space · Jul 8, 2025

Private lunar landing: How Blue Ghost measured the moon's electric and magnetic fields

Space · Jul 3, 2025

'Right now, we are in what has to be a Golden Age of asteroid exploration.' Scientists celebrate NASA's latest space rock flyby

Asteroid experts are pondering the scientific output from the NASA Lucy spacecraft after it shot by its celestial destination, the main belt asteroid named Donaldjohanson.

Space · May 6, 2025

New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025

This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe, depicts the relatively uniform brightness of the ultraviolet "Lyman-alpha" background surrounding our Sun and its area of influence.

Space · Apr 30, 2025

Jupiter's 'tormented moon' Io just unleashed the most powerful volcanic event ever seen

NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all Earth's power stations, researchers say.

LiveScience · Feb 4, 2025

NASA's Juno spacecraft watches most powerful volcanic event ever seen on Jupiter's moon Io

NASA's Juno spacecraft has spotted the most powerful volcanic eruption ever seen on the solar system's most volcanic body, the Jovian moon Io.

Space · Jan 31, 2025

Jupiter's storms and its 'potato' moon Amalthea stun in new NASA Juno probe images

NASA's Juno spacecraft has sent back stunning photos of Jupiter, including colorful, chaotic storms swirling through the planet’s atmosphere.

Space · Nov 11, 2024

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The Conversation · Nov 4, 2024

How can Jupiter have no surface? A dive into a planet so big, it could swallow 1,000 Earths

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected].

Inverse · Oct 1, 2024

Astronomers Just Confirmed the Presence of Carbon Dioxide On Pluto’s Moon Charon — Where Did it Come From?

A new study reveals that Charon, Pluto's largest moon, is getting bombarded by lots of cosmic energy. NASA's Webb Space Telescope found the telltale signs.

The Conversation · Aug 19, 2024

Slingshot in space: the tricky manoeuvre that will use Earth and the Moon to send the Juice mission to Jupiter

A European spacecraft is about to zip by both Earth and the Moon in the space of 24 hours. In the early 2030s, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) mission will be the first European probe to orbit Jupiter. But first, it needs to carry out a key manoeuvre to…

Space · Apr 18, 2024

Jupiter's violent moon Io has been the solar system's most volcanic body for around 4.5 billion years

Jupiter's moon Io is the solar system's most volcanic body thanks to a gravitational tug of war that rages below its surface. But now scientists know the violent moon has always been this way.

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Space · Feb 8, 2024

NASA's Juno probe sees active volcanic eruptions on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (images)

NASA's Juno spacecraft has seen Jupiter's volcanic moon Io like never before, catching active eruptions, lava flows, and a side to the solar system's most volcanic body not seen in 35 years.

Space · Dec 29, 2023

NASA's Juno spacecraft will get its closest look yet at Jupiter's moon Io on Dec. 30

NASA's Juno spacecraft will come closer to Jupiter's moon Io on Dec. 30 than any spacecraft has in 20 years, getting a good look at the solar system's most volcanic body.

Inverse · Nov 9, 2023

NASA’s Lucy Mission Spotted Another Moonlet Orbiting Dinkinesh

NASA's Lucy spacecraft discovered a contact binary of moonlets orbiting the asteroid Dinkinesh.

Space · Aug 28, 2023

James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble will help NASA's Juno probe study Jupiter's volcanic moon Io

The iconic telescopes will make observations of the solar system's most volcanic body, Io. Data collected will help guide NASA's Juno mission when it revisits Jupiter and and the fiery moon.

Space · Jul 27, 2023

NASA's Juno probe finds giant swirling waves in Jupiter's magnetosphere

Data from NASA's Juno mission shows that the spacecraft routinely encounters giant swirling waves, or vortices, at the boundary between the planet's magnetic field and the solar wind.

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